Aryna Sabalenka Ends Pegula Dream to Win US Open Title
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September 8, 2024
Aryna Sabalenka fell to the ground in delight and sheer relief after she avoided last year’s agony. Coco Gauff’s comeback victory in the US Open final twelve months ago had left Aryna even more determined. She did not succumb to the vast crowd’s will this time around at Flushing Meadows. Another American threatened to lay […]
Taylor Fritz Plays Jannik Sinner but Jack Draper Can Be Proud
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September 7, 2024
Taylor Fritz will face the world number one Jannik Sinner in a dream US Open final. He defeated his compatriot Frances Tiafoe 4-6, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 in a dramatic semi-final on Arthur Ashe. Taylor Fritz is a player we have repeatedly championed here at Wimbledon Debenture Holders. We knew he had the qualities required […]
Jessica Pegula Reaches US Open Final with Stunning Comeback
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September 6, 2024
Jessica Pegula is a Grand Slam finalist at last after the most spectacular comeback at Flushing Meadows. The increasingly resilient 30-year-old may have seen oblivion in the scoreboard at 1-6, 0-2 and a break point down at 30-40. In fact she revealed later she felt on the point of bursting into tears. That’s how comprehensively […]
Jessica Pegula Downs Iga Swiatek and Draper Is Through Too!
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September 5, 2024
Jessica Pegula has reached a Grand Slam semi-final for the first time at the age of 30. She beat world number one Iga Swiatek 6-2, 6-4 with an extraordinary display of courage and composure in front of a vast home crowd in New York. The form of American players at the US Open continues to […]
Taylor Fritz or Frances Tiafoe Will Play in US Open Final!
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September 4, 2024
Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe will do gladiatorial battle in a US Open semi-final. An American man is guaranteed to play in the showpiece at Flushing Meadows come the weekend. It’s the first time we have been able to say that in nearly two decades. And there could hardly be a more exciting development in […]
Jack Draper Reaches His First Grand Slam Quarter Final at 22
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September 3, 2024
Jack Draper has always had many of the elements you need to become a global superstar. The young Brit is super-talented and has plenty of promise. He’s a swashbuckling hero with good looks and a likeable personality. In many ways, Draper is a marketing dream. But until now, Jack’s young body has sometimes struggled to […]
Emma Navarro and Frances Tiafoe Earn Serena Williams Praise
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September 2, 2024
Emma Navarro won the battle of the American women at the US Open. And Frances Tiafoe scored a huge victory over the Australian conqueror of Novak Djokovic, Alexei Popyrin. Both these winning home-grown stars had already earned the admiration of the legendary Serena Williams, who was in the crowd at Flushing Meadows. Emma Navarro had […]
Novak Djokovic Follows Alcaraz to First Week Exit Door
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August 31, 2024
Novak Djokovic was always unlikely to win the US Open after his heroics at the Olympic Games. It’s so hard to maintain your physical and emotional intensity when you have just achieved the ambition of a lifetime. Novak Djokovic can do so much better at Wimbledon 2025. And he may see the Australian Open as […]
Carlos Alcaraz Is Knocked Out of the US Open in Shock Defeat
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August 30, 2024
Carlos Alcaraz will probably admit that he should have known better. The sparkling Spaniard has two Wimbledon triumphs to his name – and the most recent French Open too. Brilliant Alcaraz even won a US Open here two years ago. In theory, he should have understood all the pitfalls of the first week at a […]
American Players Are Going Great Guns at their Home Slam
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August 29, 2024
American players have made a storming start to the US Open this year. Many will surely be there at the business end of their home home Grand Slam. Judging by their early form, several US stars will be in the hunt for silverware once more. Third seed Coco Gauff faces a fascinating match-up against Ukrainian […]